Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an aba...

1. Perfect prom dress may be in the 'Closet'.
Two types of cases are processed by a juvenile court: civil matters, often concerning care of an
abandoned or impoverished child, and criminal matters, arising from antisocial  as an attorney, a
job that ended in October as a result of budget cuts and layoffs in the county court system.
Along with donated dresses offered via Facebook, e-mail and other social networks - and some that
appear on her doorstep like foundlings - Christon accepts donations of JCPenney gift cards to help
girls whose prom or graduation needs aren't met by her inventory. All rights reserved.
Special court handling problems of delinquent, neglected, or abused children. She also has two sons,
ages 16 and 12. Â stores for formal gowns that she knows teenagers would enjoy wearing.
Christon ramps up her collecting in January for the height of the party season in May and June, but
accepts donations year-round.
Lisa Christon started the project four years ago, when she was still working in Lane County Juvenile
Court juvenile court
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Facebook: facebook.com/pages/Josephines-Closet/114550958564200 fref=ts
It's not the mall, and it's not a thrift shop thrift shop
n.
A shop that sells used articles, especially clothing, as to benefit a charitable organization.
That memory, coupled with all the bad economic news that was going on locally as well as
nationally, gave Christon an idea.
 thrift thrift: see leadwort. . It's Josephine's Closet, and it's a place where girls in Lane County can
get a little help finding just the right dress to wear to their high school proms without breaking the
family bank.
. - I've had donations of dresses from as far away as my home town."
While working with the juvenile court, "I noticed that at holidays and other special days, there was a
lot of attention paid to younger kids in the system, such as donations and toys and clothes," Christon
said, while older kids seemed "lost in the shuffle."
womanwithin prom dresses
An association that is given tax-free status. Â dedicated to matching foster children with permanent
families.
She remembered that while working in the juvenile system in Chicago for several years, "We once
had an emergency hearing to allocate funds to a foster parent so that a girl in foster care would be

2. able to buy a prom dress."
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JOSEPHINE'S CLOSET
2. Â that basically 'recycles' prom dresses and puts them in the hands of needy girls might be
something I could do to help," Christon said. "I'm originally from Buffalo, N.Y. She also scours scour,
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"We moved to Eugene from Idaho seven years ago," Christon said. Donations to a non-profit
organization are often tax deductible as well.
Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard
Christon adopted the gowns, had them all cleaned - "The bill the first year was $600, even with a
generous discount from Skopil's Cleaners," she said - and started finding girls who needed them,
mostly through local high schools.
Notes:
Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. the chemical and physical
cleaning of fleece wool.
"So far, I'm slightly down this year - I have about three dozen dresses now - but I hope to have more
and to hear from social workers and guidance counselors about girls who need help," she said.
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"I thought that creating a small nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for
the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive.
E-mail: lisachriston@hotmail.com
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3. She donated dresses to an event at Churchill High School called "Dress Me!" and also to the
"Princess for a Day Event" sponsored by the Heart Gallery, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit
Organization
Copyright 2013 Gale, Cengage Learning. Her husband, James Christon, is a pulmonary and critical
care physician.
1. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. It turned out that a friend in Portland
had just done a similar project there, "and she had dozens of prom dresses to give to me."
Christon named her clothing project for her own daughter, Josephine, who is 13